Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: Sep 7, 2008 22:24
On Sep 7, 6:32 pm, "THE BORG" heaven.com> wrote:> If there was a giant so large that he could take one step and traverse the
> distance from Earth to Mars - then relative to the giant - the speed at
> which the giant travelled would be walking speed. Thus to him - 1-2 mph.
>
> But relative to the human who are much smaller - the speed would be
> phenomenal to travel from Earth to Mars in about 1 second.
>
> What does this prove?
In a race, the quickest runner can never overtake the slowest, since
the pursuer must first reach the point whence the pursued started, so
that the slower must always hold a lead. ”
—Aristotle, Physics VI:9, 239b15
In the paradox of Achilles and the Tortoise, Achilles is in a footrace
with the tortoise. Achilles allows the tortoise a head start of 100
feet. If we suppose that each racer starts running at some constant...
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